UT football: Police say sexual assault case still under review

AUSTIN — San Antonio police said Wednesday an investigation into an alleged sexual assault reportedly involving Texas football players remains open, despite a defense attorney’s statement to the contrary.

Perry Minton, the lawyer for UT linebacker Jordan Hicks, issued a statement Wednesday claiming a San Antonio Police Department detective told him the investigation into his client was closed.

Minton said an SAPD detective informed him that “no charges will be brought against Jordan Hicks or anyone else in this matter.”

But when asked to confirm the details of that statement, SAPD issued its own press release saying its special victims unit “is still reviewing the case.”

Hicks, a junior linebacker, and junior backup quarterback Case McCoy were suspended for what UT coach Mack Brown called an unspecified violation of team rules on Dec. 28. Neither player attended the Longhorns’ victory over Oregon State at the Valero Alamo Bowl on Dec. 29.

SAPD did not name the two suspects in an alleged sexual assault at a downtown hotel early on Dec. 28, but KENS-TV reported that an officer said they were UT football players.

According to the police report, the 21-year-old woman who made the accusation said she met the two men at a nightclub where she had several drinks. The group then went to the hotel bar before the woman brought the two men to her room at the Holiday Inn Riverwalk.

The woman told police she did not remember the entire incident but said one of the men had sex with her while the other watched. Police observed bruises on her knee and bicep, according to the report. The report also said the woman and both men were taken to Methodist Specialty & Transplant Hospital.

UT has declined to comment about the suspensions since they were announced. In Minton’s statement, he said Hicks will return to school at UT after the holiday break.